Castle locations/forest scenes
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~ Courtyard with arches, where Simon met Rothberry (ep 701), Nicola met Sidriss (ep 704), and Alex and Barry went down a staircase (eps 705 / 714).
~ Landing in Level 1 where Alex met Smirkenorff after Fidjit unlocked the gate (ep 705).
Aha... location number 30, Avellaneda Palace in Burgos.
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Leigh Grey who did some of the camerawork for Series 4 has been very helpful with identifying a few more locations for me! (Turns out he still has his 1990 diary with all the summer filming dates.) So I've now added the following places to the map:
~ Dragon Hall in Norwich (interior of the Crazed Heifer, and indeed Hordriss' classroom in Series 7)
~ Oxburgh Hall near King's Lynn (end credits of episode 410)
~ Hockering Wood near East Dereham (presumably all the forest scenes in Series 4)
...bringing the current total to 33 locations. Not bad! See the updated map at: http://tinyurl.com/KMlocations
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Update: managed to identify a couple more of the mystery locations! These two:
~ Room where Simon chose Level 2 clue objects (ep 702).
~ Level 1 courtyard where Nicola rescued Romahna from Sly Hands (ep 703) and Alex turned Fidjit from a toad back into a human (ep 705).
...are also from Simancas Castle. They have helpful 360° video tours on the website!
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~ Indoor market where Christopher bought a CHANGE spell from Julius Scaramonger (eps 513 / 514). Also seen in the end credits of ep 515, and in darkness as Barry searched for the final piece of Grimaldine's staff (ep 713). Looks like a medieval barn - they're all rather similar, but I've yet to find a precise match.
By jove, I do believe I've found the bugger!
http://www.medievalarchitecture.net/images/HampshireBuildings/GrangeBarn/
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.....Don't ask me how, but I just stumbled across a photo of the Causeway cave from Series 6!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plindsay/3556058237/
It's definitely the same one. Here's another photo showing exactly the same angle as the Level 1 Causeway.
So there you have it... Poole's Cavern in Buxton, Derbyshire. (So much for my Swansea hunch.) This looks rather like the entrance to the Mines of Gore, and I think this is just beyond where Ben encountered Lord Fear!
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Finally figured out what they filmed at Carew Castle! Two things, in fact:
~ Level 2 room where Richard, Sarah and Ben met Skarkill (eps 503 / 504 / 506 / 508). On the last occasion it was flipped and included the Descender entrance. A modified version of the same room was used for a Level 2 Causeway tackled by Kathryn, Richard, Sarah, Ben and Alex (eps 502 / 503 / 505 / 506 / 508 / 512).
This appears to be the room in question! The wooden doors are new, I guess.
And the other thing was an only-used-once Eyeshield sequence in Series 5 episode 7, as Ben leaves the Descender to enter Level 2. When the camera swings left, you see this view of the chapel.
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It's no good - I'm well and truly stuck again. Since I've answered so many of my own questions in this thread, here's an updated list of the filming locations I still need help with...
~ The background onto which they pasted the conveyor belt entrance in Series 4. (Could be somewhere that's already listed with a blue marker on the map.)
~ The Level 2 "blue room" in Series 4 that was home to Doorkis and also used for character encounters. Again, this could be inside one of the locations we already know about.
~ The Level 3 room where Elita wanted a ruby from Sarah, subsequently used as Hordriss' headquarters in Series 6. There's an Eyeshield sequence heading up the spiral staircase as Sarah leaves the room.
~ The wall used to create an area for the Level 1 Blocker in Series 5.
~ The walls and windows used to create a Level 1 Causeway in Series 5.
~ The Dunswater as seen in Series 5 and 6, with boat rides ending at a small jetty, followed by an Eyeshield sequence across a sort of park.
~ Various scenes and Eyeshield sequences in the Greenwood of Series 5. Could have been filmed at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, or somewhere else entirely.
~ Smirkenorff's coast flight during the end credits of Series 5 episode 3. He flies over a very distinctively shaped headland which should be easy to recognise, but so far I haven't been able to locate it.
~ The Level 3 clue room in Series 6, with tiled floor and open to the sky. The Eyeshield sequence leaving this room is shown in full during Ben's quest.
~ The Level 2 courtyard used for spying and character encounters in Series 6 and 7. The paving isn't real (it's been copied from the Level 3 clue room) so it might be grass or something in reality.
~ The Level 2 courtyard where Matt met Heggatty and which was normally seen in reverse with Peggatty hurling fireballs.
~ The timber-framed Level 1 room seen twice in Series 6, once as a clue room.
~ Captain Nemanor's ship, the Cloudwalker, seen from various angles. A couple of dungeoneers went below deck and there was an Eyeshield sequence walking towards a hatch with a cross over it (seen in full during Ben's quest).
~ The path travelled by January and Ben in Series 6, overhung by a distinctive tree branch.
~ Smirkenorff's flight along another rocky coastline during the end credits of Series 6 episode 2.
~ Smirkenorff's flight over something resembling a salt marsh during the end credits of Series 6 episode 3.
~ The (presumably Spanish) castle in Series 7 where a troll could be found swinging its club across the path.
~ The presumably Spanish location used as the tavern where Lissard was pretending to be Marta during Barry's quest.
~ Various areas of Grimdale in Series 7, which may or may not have been filmed in Spain: this building, this building, this structure and Rothberry's stall.
Please let me know if you can identify any of these locations! Thank you!
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~ The Level 3 room where Elita wanted a ruby from Sarah, subsequently used as Hordriss' headquarters in Series 6. There's an Eyeshield sequence heading up the spiral staircase as Sarah leaves the room.
I believe that's the basement storage room at Hedingham Castle, Essex. I did take a photo of it when I was there but it was too dark to come out properly. But the brick spiral stairs may be evidence enough!
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I believe that's the basement storage room at Hedingham Castle, Essex. I did take a photo of it when I was there but it was too dark to come out properly. But the brick spiral stairs may be evidence enough!
Oooooo! Thanks for that. I've looked at so many photos of Hedingham Castle and hadn't seen anything resembling that room, but I'll have another look and see if I can find one. The bricks are indeed a distinguishing feature - it's been driving me mad trying to find a spiral staircase that matches!
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OK, I still haven't found a photo of the basement itself taken from the same angle, but I'm convinced it is indeed where those scenes were filmed - here's a clip of Lovejoy walking down the same spiral staircase at 3:17! Thanks again Jake!
Heh... Lord Fear lives on the top floor and Hordriss lives in the basement...
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A couple more of the mystery locations can be crossed off the list...
~ The Level 2 courtyard used for spying and character encounters in Series 6 and 7. The paving isn't real (it's been copied from the Level 3 clue room) so it might be grass or something in reality.
~ The Level 2 courtyard where Matt met Heggatty and which was normally seen in reverse with Peggatty hurling fireballs.
These are both now confirmed as being at Fountains Abbey. One is taken from the kitchen yard:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangatamanu/4709727530/
And the other is part of the church:
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~ The Level 2 "blue room" in Series 4 that was home to Doorkis and also used for character encounters.
Finally worked out where that room is - in fact it's the same place where Gundrada was sometimes found, with the waterfall in the corner (the old mill at Leeds Castle). They've edited the crap out of it so it's almost unrecognisable - the waterfall has been removed, for starters - but if you look reeeeeally closely, you can still make out bits of the walls. So that explains why they needed to give it a weird CGI floor!
http://www.geolocation.ws/v/W/4d9567ec8786562305024b34/mill-race-the-mill-leeds-castle/en
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2393/2051618557_725d6c1a34.jpg
As for the remaining mystery of that series:
~ The background onto which they pasted the conveyor belt entrance in Series 4.
It's hard to be sure, but I suspect it's the side entrance to Castle Rising (aka the Castle of Doom), with the grass removed and an extra wall added on the right-hand side. Looks pretty similar.
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Interesting. Did the Knightmare crew take a wee trip up to bonny Scotland around the summer of '93? Or did they just buy a photo of it? That's Eilean Donan Castle in the promo shots of Treguard & Majida, Treguard and Raptor.
If they did go all the way to the Highlands, it's a fairly safe bet they will have filmed something else while they were up there. Grimdale, perhaps...?
I'm not sure which castles are in the background of the Lissard and Romahna promo pics. If they can be identified, it may help me figure out the remaining Series 7 filming locations.
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Adding another location to the list... I've just seen the end credits of Series 4 episode 11 for the first time, featuring an Eyeshield sequence not used in any quests. I guessed immediately where it was, as Leigh Grey mentioned it as a possible filming location when he was helping me to identify places last year! It's West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village in Suffolk.
I'm also now wondering where the end credits of Series 4 episode 12 were filmed? It looks like some sort of face carved out of stone or wood, with water running down one side. Weird. Any ideas?
While I'm giving this thread a bump, there are still a bunch of other Knightmare locations that haven't been identified (much to my frustration), so please let me know if you recognise them or have any suggestions as to where they might be!
~ Level 3 clue room in Series 6. I don't even know if it's a ruined castle or an abbey or what. You see more during the Eyeshield sequence at 0:43 in this clip.
~ Timber-framed Level 1 clue room in Series 6.
~ Nemanor's ship in Series 6:
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series6/level3/cloudwalker2.jpg
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series6/level3/cloudwalker1.jpg
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series6/level3/cloudwalker3.jpg
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series6/end_of_season/lightningrod.jpg
Again, this clip includes a related Eyeshield sequence at 4:09.
~ Castle in Series 7 where a troll blocked the path. Likely to be in Spain.
~ Series 7 tavern visited in Barry's quest. Again, probably in Spain.
~ Grimdale in Series 7:
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series7/level1/grimdale3.jpg
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series7/level1/grimdale1.jpg
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series7/level1/grimdale2.jpg
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series7/level1/grimdale5.jpg
~ The stained glass window from Series 2 and 3:
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series3/winners/leolevel3.jpg
(The room is of course a painting but I believe this to be a real window, perhaps from the Norfolk area?)
~ The boating lake from Series 5 and 6:
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series6/level1/thelake.jpg
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series6/level1/thelake2.jpg
http://www.knightmare.com/images/stories/series5/level1/lake2.jpg
Very hard to identify this, as one lake looks much like another. An Eyeshield sequence (at 4:50 in this clip) shows the wooden jetty and a walk through trees towards a park bench.
~ Coastal flight sequences shown during the end credits of Series 5 episode 3, Series 6 episode 2, and Series 6 episode 3. The first one features a distinctively shaped headland which someone might recognise.
~ Foresty scene in Series 6 with a huge tree branch overhanging the path.
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Ahaaaaaa, finally.... the castle in the Lissard promo shot is Peñaranda Castle, which is also where the troll bestrode the path of Alex and Naila, although it looks a little different now!
That's filming location number 39.
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I'm also now wondering where the end credits of Series 4 episode 12 were filmed? It looks like some sort of face carved out of stone or wood, with water running down one side. Weird. Any ideas?
Canadanne - Jake and I can solve that mystery for you. The stone face is taken from Leeds Castle. There is a maze and in the middle of the maze is an underground grotto, where you can find that face. Here is a photo I took on our visit to the castle yesterday:
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